The Piggott School
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| Motto | Sursum Corda (Lift your hearts up) |
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| Established | 1940 |
| Type | Academy Aided School |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Head Teacher | Derren Gray |
| Founder | Robert Piggott |
| Location |
Twyford Road Wargrave Reading Berkshire RG10 8DS  England
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| Local authority | Wokingham |
| DfE URN | 110079 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1,516 (284 in Sixth Form) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Thames - Loddon - St Patrick's - Kennet |
| Colours | Royal Blue |
| Website | www |
The Piggott School is a Church of England academy secondary school in Wargrave in Berkshire, England. The school has approximately 1,516 pupils and around 185 teaching staff. The school specialises in Modern Languages and Humanities. It has been awarded International school status by the British Council. The most recent inspection from ofsted achieved a rating of 'Good' in all categories except pupil behaviour which was given 'Outstanding'.
The Piggott School has a long established exchange programme with the Ville Gymnasium School der Erftstadt, North Rhine, Westphalia, Germany and a more recent link with Wyndhams School in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a partner school of the EU organised Comenius project. The Piggott School is also the only church of England secondary school in the Reading, Twyford area. Many of its students come from Robert Piggott Junior in Wargrave and Colleton Primary School in Twyford. The Piggott School is one of the best performing secondary schools in the Wokingham District.
The Piggott School was founded by Robert Piggott, a philanthropist, to cater for 20 poor boys and 20 poor girls in separate schools. The foundation stone was laid on 12 October 1939 it was officially opened on 17 September 1940. The school was originally built for 320 children. It was too small as soon as it was opened in 1940, because war had broken out and a massive evacuation programme was underway (2 million children moved out of London in 3 days). This meant a doubling of the local population of children and far more children had to be accommodated. Morning school was therefore organised for ‘home’ children’. Afternoon school was for the ‘visitors’.
Since becoming an academy, there have been several changes to the new site. In 2011, a brand new sixth form block was opened to replace the old sixth form block (now used as a drama studio and extra classroom). A purpose built gym run by Nuffield Health was constructed on the site of the old Maths and Business Studies terrapins, which is open to the public on evenings and weekends.
The school operates a house system. There are four houses, which each have a Head of House, Pastoral Mentor, and a team of tutors. House prefects are appointed by the Head of House. The purpose of the House system is to encourage pupils to take on an active role within the school and to take pride in their House. Through the House system they hope to build a sense of community as well as encouraging pupils to work for their House in a competitive manner.
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